midlands
plural of midland
the Midlands
(British) A loosely-defined culturally distinct area of England, corresponding to the central horizontal band of England, now administratively realized as regions of East and West Midlands.
Central regions in other countries.
• English Midlands
Source: Wiktionary
Mid"land, a.
1. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants. Howell.
2. Surrounded by the land; mediterranean. And on the midland sea the French had awed. Dryden.
Mid"land, n.
Definition: The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 November 2024
(noun) stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
